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What is the basic term for Power
The ability to achieve an objective by influencing the behavior of others, particularly to get them to do what they would not have otherwise done.
5 characteristics for an influential person
- Ability to understand issues
- Have what others need or fear
- Know how to use resources
- Can access institutions
- Know how to set objectives
Political Socialization
Central values of political culture are transmitted from one generation to the next.
How is Political Socialization accomplished?
Agents of socialization
Amount owed by government ….
Debt
Amount you loaned to be paid back over so many years…
Principal
Political Theory Triangle ( 6 Stages )
Week 5 slides
(Top to bottom)
Laws: Unquestioned Political Truth
Pre-Theories: Joining tested hypothesis
Testing: Formulation of hypotheses and generalizations linking variables.
Variables: Identification and isolation of variables that seem related.
Scientific Investigation: Observation, organization and classification of to occurrence discover regularities.
Political Phenomenon: a mass of seemingly unrelated occurrences that attract the attention of the political analyst
Separation of Powers (triangle)
Judiciary -> Executive -> Legislature
What years did Adam Smith live and what did he bring into the economic sphere?
1723-1790 Liberalism - wealth of nations - free market -invisible hand
Cameron’s Personal Interpretation of Edmund Burke…
- Society is not like a machines parts
- Society is more like a plant
- Three steps forward correct with one step back and then steps forward again
Who was the first major critic of classical liberal Ideologies?
Edmund Burke